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I'm the Director of Amnesty International USA's Death Penalty abolition campaign, supporting activists across the US with their campaigning. Before I moved to DC, I was a founding member of the Austin, Texas chapter of Amnesty International USA. You'll find more of my blogs at Amnesty USA's Human Rights Now blog, and I tweet on the death penalty at @BRCEvans
US support for the death penalty is at its lowest in 40 years in Gallop’s annual poll. At 60%, it’s dipped lower than the poll taken a month after Georgia's execution of Troy Davis in 2011. And its not surprising, with Maryland joining...
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I'm the Scotland Programme Director, and before I joined Amnesty I've spent 20 years in education, social care and health services, looking at service delivery with a strong rights focus.
China is never far from the headlines. In the last week the Daily Mail ran a banner feature on Chinese citizens being banned from using Pizza Hut salad bars due to their fondness for building giant ‘salad towers’ of food. Apple’s...
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I'm Richard and I work in the Community Fundraising Team at Amnesty UK as the Co-ordinator responsible for activst fundraising. I've worked for Amnesty as either a volunteer or a member of staff for nearly two years now and I love it! My job means I have daily contact with activists of all ages and backgrounds and they never fail to amaze and inspire me.
I’m sitting here in a haze. Yesterday I attended a historic milestone. A celebration that meant that over 20 years of campaigning had taken effect. On 3 June an Arms Trade Treaty will be open for signatures. We will no longer live in a...
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I'm Courtenay and I'm the country coordinator for Brazil at Amnesty International UK (previously coordinator for Guatemala). I'm a Postgraduate Law student particularly interested in issues of transitional justice and criminal law. When I'm not working/studying I love to read and travel. Twitter: @courtenayhowe
29 years ago today Carlos Cuevas, a 24 year old Guatemalan student and activist disappeared. Almost 30 years on, Carlos’ sister, Ana Lucia Cuevas continues her search for justice for the abduction of her brother. On 15 th May 1984, as...